legal_theories: 371

509 claims, defenses, counterclaims, and affirmative defenses

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theory_id	filing_id	theory	party	role	basis
371	50	Impermissible damages — attorney's fees from barratry defense (American Rule)	Kassab	affirmative_defense	Texas follows the American Rule: no fee recovery without statute or contract. TUTSA does not guarantee fee recovery (discretionary under § 134A.005). Texas Supreme Court has not adopted 'tort of another' exception. Even if exception applied, Pohl is not 'wholly innocent.' Cheatham suit ongoing, making fee claim premature.